Category: 4 Star Reads
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Aru Shah and the Song of Death – Roshani Chokshi
Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani Chokshi My rating: 4 of 5 stars Aru Shah and the Song of Death is the second book in the Pandava Quartet by Roshani Chokshi. Chokshi’s writing felt a little more like herself in this book and less like it was trying too hard to sound…
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The Undying – Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Undying by Amie Kaufman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Undying, the second book in the Unearthed duology feels like a very different book than its predecessor – although I still really enjoyed it. What made me love the first book was how it was a sci-fi version of Indiana Jones, full of exploration, discovery,…
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Deviate – Jay Kristoff
DEV1AT3 by Jay Kristoff My rating: 4 of 5 stars Deviate (Dev1at3) is the second book in the Lifelike (Lifel1k3) series by Jay Kristoff. I loved the first book and how it was this really intriguing sci-fi Anastasia retelling. That being said, this book felt very different than the first one and if you haven’t…
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Sherwood – Meagan Spooner
Sherwood by Meagan Spooner My rating: 4 of 5 stars No, this book isn’t perfect, but it’s the feminist retelling of Robin Hood that I didn’t know I needed and utterly enjoyed. I love Robin Hood and I love strong, female characters, so I was immediately on board when I read the premise of this…
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There’s Something About Sweetie – Sandhya Menon
There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon My rating: 4 of 5 stars There’s Something About Sweetie is an adorable, contemporary by Sandhya Menon. It takes place in the same world as When Dimple Met Rishi, as one of the main characters Ashish is Rishi’s younger brother. Menon’s books are the perfect summer reads as…
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The Princess and the Fangirl – Ashley Poston
The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Princess and the Fangirl is the second book in the Once Upon a Con series by Ashley Poston. I loved Geekerella when I first read it, which is a geeky Cinderella retelling. I generally don’t like Cinderella, so any fairytale…
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King of Scars – Leigh Bardugo
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo My rating: 4 of 5 stars King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo is the series about the one character in the Grisha-verse that needed to be the star of his own story, Nikolai. If you haven’t read the Grisha trilogy or the Six of Crows duology, then anything I…
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On The Come Up – Angie Thomas
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas My rating: 4 of 5 stars On The Come Up is the second book by Angie Thomas and it is set in the same place as The Hate U Give. We are introduced to a new character, Bri, who is coping with the world she knows (much like…
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A Darker Shade of Magic – V.E. Schwab
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars The first book set up the idea of the different Londons: magic-less grey London, vibrant red London, starving and desperate white London, and decimated, dead black London. Each built upon a foundation of London but developed in completely different fashions. Their…
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Monster – Walter Dean Myers
Monster by Walter Dean Myers My rating: 4 of 5 stars Monster is a book that deals with crime and what defining moments or decisions lead a person to cross the line and become a criminal. We are introduced to Steve, a 16-year-old kid who is on trial for felony murder – all because he…
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